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Configuring multicast discovery

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Configuring multicast discovery

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Multicast ping discovery of other nodes is done by sending one or more multicast requests which existing nodes will receive and respond to. It provides the following settings with the discovery.zen.ping.multicast prefix:

Setting Description

group

The group address to use. Defaults to 224.2.2.4.

port

The port to use. Defaults to 54328.

ttl

The ttl of the multicast message. Defaults to 3.

address

The address to bind to, defaults to null which means it will bind network.bind_host

enabled

Whether multicast ping discovery is enabled. Defaults to false.
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